The Longy School of Music’s merger with Bard College, announced last June, was a bit of a surprise to the classical music world in (Greater) Boston. Inside Higher Education has a piece that provides more details on the merger, including …Read the Rest
Misc
To Google or not to Google your Ex
6 August 2011
The New York Times’ Modern Love column has an interesting piece on Googling ex-boyfriends and the perils of overexposing one’s self via social media. It’s not everyone’s favorite-named Congressman, but it is a cautionary tale on 1) what one should …Read the Rest
Summer of Hindi
5 August 2011
I spent this summer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s South Asia Summer Language Institute (SASLI), studying Hindi with the legendary pedagogue Virendra Singh. Highly recommended!